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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2026-2035 INTRODUCTION The City of Little Canada utilizes a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) to schedule proposed public improvements and purchases. The City is preparing a ten-year CIP in order to better identify and plan for future projects and the funding sources for those projects. The Plan matches proposed expenditures and revenues by project. The CIP is a planning document intended to assist policymakers and staff to plan for major capital improvements, renewal, and replacement expenditures. As a planning document, the CIP does not bind the City to the anticipated expenditures in the projected years. The CIP is not a budget, nor an authorization to expend funds. The authorization of the expenditures occurs through City Council action and in the adoption of the annual budget. 2026 Projects will be included in the 2026 Budget that Council adopts in December. For projects beyond 2026, staff will request authorization from Council before proceeding with any expenditure. As a planning document, the CIP facilitates two distinct planning purposes. First, the CIP is a tool that is used to implement the goals identified in the City’s Comprehensive Plan. As the City looks at future projects, it is important to make sure that they will appropriately integrate with the Comprehensive Plan. Second, the CIP is a financial planning document. The CIP is to be reviewed each year per the City’s Financial Policies. As capital expenditures are identified in various periods of time, it is important to appropriately plan so that the necessary funding is available when these expenditures take place. If additional funding through grants and other funding sources becomes available, it is possible to accelerate these projects to take advantage of these outside funding opportunities. In 2025, the City Council adopted its new Strategic Plan. A strategic planning retreat was held on February 28 and March 1. At that retreat, City Council members, city leadership team, and planning and parks commission members participated in a facilitated discussion led by HueLife. The discussion resulted in four strategic directions to help achieve a practical vision for the community and identified clear steps the city would take to achieve that vision. The 2025-2030 Strategic Plan was approved by the City Council on May 14, 2025. The four Strategic Directions for the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan are: 1.Delivering Dynamic Spaces 2.Creating Supportive Networks 3.Empowering High Performance 4.Providing Transparent Communication These strategic directions have been utilized by city staff throughout the CIP budgeting process. 1